It was June 2020 and students in Australia were returning to the classrooms and online learning was being wound up

I heard many breathe a sigh of relief.

Ahhhh, now, at last, we can get back to normal.

This really got me thinking and I wanted to share my thoughts & reflections about the anticipation of ‘going back to normal’ in the wake of a pandemic. Should we be going back, or should we go forward, to a ’new normal?’

But wait, there’s more.

Protests over police brutality & the struggle to bring changes to racism, social injustices, Black Lives Matter and the work to be anti-racist was brought to the world’s attention.

Here in Australia this also included another wake-up call for changes to be made to the recognition, injustices & treatment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Then in late June 2020, the 2nd wave of COVID 19 has struck parts of Australia, particularly the state of Victoria  & it is back into remote teaching & learning.